General Question

Would you like to learn about mental health?

Mental Health America has some superb online screening tests you can take to learn about your mental health. LINK

I live in recovery from mental illness, and I now work in the field. Part of my job is talking to my peers on the phone about challenges they are having in their lives. I get to hear many different voices. Some callers want real solutions, but the majority only want someone to listen.

If you have more questions about mental health, I’ll try to answer, but as always, we’re all helpful here. Someone will find the information for you on the internet.

Unfortunately, there is no cure, but there is recovery. The good news about recovery is that there’s no term you have to be stable in order to be in recovery. If you’re stable enough to take care of your basic functions, you’re in recovery. If you want to gain more recovery, you simply try new functions that seem challenging, and when you feel like you did that well, then you’ve reached a new level of recovery.

I live in stable recovery from bipolar disorder. I am not cured, but I am certainly not in the place I used to be in. I’m in recovery.